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May 12, 1934
UNIVERSAL WEEKLY
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Celebrating Junior Laemmle’s 26th Birthday
Here is the group of studio officials who helped Carl Laemmle, Jr. celebrate his twenty-sixth birthday. The party was given by William Anthony McGuire, who sits between Carl Laemmle and Carl Laemmle, Jr., and was held at the Colony Cafe. In the picture will be seen J. R. Grainger, general manager of distribution for Universal Pictures, Frank Mastroly, executive studio manager, Henry Henigson, E. M. Asher, Robert Harris and Eddie Buzzell, director. There are a lot of others who didn’t get in the picture and whose faces are too indistinct to show up in this flashlight. It was a great party and came just at right time to celebrate the completion of Universal’s biggest picture, “Little Man, What Now?”
BUCK JONES STARTS "THE RED RIDER" UNIVERSAL LEAD-OFF SERIAL THIS WEEK
WHEN Carl Laemmle gave Buck Jones the honor of starting Universal's next year's serial program, he decided to put every element of box-office support behind this great box-office western star. The first thing to do was to provide a story. One of the greatest writers of westerns over a period of the last fifteen years is W. C. Tuttle. Adventure Magazine would not be in existence without him. Neither would a number of other popular western magazines. Universal purchased W. C. Tuttle's story, "The Red Head from Sun Dog" and re-titled it "The Red Rider."
Already the leading lady has been chosen in the person of Janet Chandler. Janet has beauty, skill in riding and real acting ability. She will be a delightful foil for Buck Jones. The villain also has been chosen in the person of Richard Cramer, who plays the role of Joe Portuguese. Direction will be in the hands of Louise Friedlander, who made such a tremendous impression with his first serial, "The Vanishing Shadow."
Buck Jones in "The Red Rider" will get under way at Universal City early
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Murray Roth to Direct
CARL LAEMMLE, Jr. has assigned Murray Roth to direct the Damon Runyon picture, "Ransom, One Million," when it goes into production at Universal City next month. "Ransom, One Million" is one of Universal's big pictures for next season. It ran serially in Cosmopolitan Magazine and it was
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A Magazine for Motion Picture Exhibitors Paul Gulick. Editor
Published Weekly by the Motion Picture Weekly Publishing Co. Rockefeller Center, New York City Copyrighted 1934 Univeisal Pictures Corp.
{All Rights Reserved)
MAY 12, 1934
this week and will be ready for early release.
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“Ransom, One Million 99
Murray Roth who brought the story to the attention of Carl Laemmle, Jr. In the meantime, Ben Grauman Kohn, author of "Mud Turtle," has been assigned to adapt the story. Kohn has been writing under the name of Kurt Kemplar.
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Jean Bart Adapts
Own Play to Screen
Author of Broadway Success, "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head," Working on Script at Universal City.
LAST year Universal bought "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head," the Broadway play by Jean Bart, which starred Claude Rains. It will be made for next year's program and Jean Bart, the author, is at work now on adapting her own scrip4’. Henry Henigson is the associate producer ip charge and Edward Ludwig will direct.